Nurture
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Everyone may see my wheelchair as taken care of me, but it goes both ways. If I do not take care of, or abuse my wheelchair it will not be around for long. It work as any other relationship, you are rewarded with what you put into it.

My Precious
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Everyone has to love Gollum and how he freaks out when he cannot find his ring. How can an everyday item as a ring, or wheelchair have so much power over a person. It just shows how one does not realize how dependent they are on something until it is gone. In our minds we are bigger and stronger then we see it’s value.

Good & Evil
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I was thinking about the old cartoon when you when character needs to make a decision, do they listen to their good or bad self? Sometimes it can be the same for my inner wheelchair, there are some situations I could use it to my advantage, but is not always ethical. Than there are times when the wheelchair is saying don’t go down that trail and you pay for not listening to it.

Everyone sees electric chairs as a tool of freedom, but when you get one it morphs into your body. Everything good as long you treat it well and keep it charge, or stay in places that are accessible. When your chair need charge, or break it is someone cutting off your feet and stripping away your independence.

I was invited to be part of an
international art show hosted by the Orthopedic Associates and this was one of
the Artists I come to know. No matter what accomplishments you have all Artists
are equal, they are trying to tell people a story.

As we age the myth is it is a time to
relax and enjoy life. Even everything is planned out and put in place this is
not the case. People forget the most important thing is not in our control,
that is ones’ health and mind. No matter how hard we try, they are the two
things that control us and determined our paths.

I often get asked about “what if there
was a cure, or magic pill to get rid of CP”. would I take it? Of course I
always say no, CP is part of personality. It is the only way of life I know.
Although I do believe when I do go to the other would, it will be my ultimate
escape.

This is a drawing that help started the
series that I developed during my MFA work. I start to morph my body and
wheelchair into one. For 40 plus years I have people see wheelchair/disability
before being seen as a person. From looking at the marks, I was still doing the
majority of work with my headstick.

This was during one of those times I was
having computer problems, for me the computer was the gateway to the would
before people got hook to smartphones. Maybe know the rest of society can
relate to how it feels when a computer, or wheelchair breaks and you are
depended on it for daily life.

I am will known for my portraits, but
what is a portrait? Is it just an image of the person, or what an
representation of the person? So I started think of things that best lets other
that I am present.

If you hang around the Baltimore music
seen, you might know who this is. I actually did two painting of Kelly Bell,
this one is titled good shit and the one was title bad shit. If you know Kelly,
you will have your own interpretation for that

I listen to music while I create my art,
it helps puts me in a hypnotic state. There has been times where I do not work
on the piece, or hearing the music until I am done my session. If you cannot
gust the subject of this piece, it is Jim Morrison. I think that would give you
a hint to my creative process.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Would this still be considered a piece of Ableism, given that the Artist also has a disability? I do not not use many well known people in my art, really this is going into a rare collection along with others as Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, David Bowie, Bono and President Obama. To me, all of these figure have been leaders in the own time even if you do not agree on their methods. I think all of these people had a whole Universe in there mind and we only got to hear a portion of it. I. am sure if we could connect Stephen Hawking to a server, he would fill terabytes of drives. Real leader's work goes unnoticed, but impact generations.